Literature
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'Tap on the Window' is worth answeringAug 13, 2013 6:00 am - Private detective Cal Weaver makes a simple mistake and destroys everything he holds dear in Linwood Barclay's new thriller, “A Tap on the Window.” Weaver and his wife ...
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Conspiracies abound in ‘Hidden Order’Aug 12, 2013 1:00 pm - An organization more secretive than the FBI, the CIA or the NSA takes center stage in Brad Thor’s latest adventure featuring former Secret Service agent Scot Harvath. Ha...
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'Massacre Pond's a tense and clever mysteryAug 11, 2013 5:00 am - Associated Press Elizabeth Morse, who made her fortune selling worthless herbal remedies to the gullible, is buying up huge parcels of timberland in eastern Maine with t...
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Mom's troubled waters swirl 'Sea Creatures'Aug 10, 2013 6:00 am - There's a charmer at the heart of “Sea Creatures,” and it's not the novel's narrator, Georgia, who is plenty likable in her own admittedly stumbling, searching way. It's...
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What to do while visiting Comic ConAug 06, 2013 6:00 am - Walking onto the floor of the Chicago Comic Con can be a disorienting experience. Do you try to grab a celebrity autograph? Find a seat at one of the panel discussions?...
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Chicago Comic Con arrives in Rosemont with something for fans of comic books, movies and moreAug 06, 2013 6:00 am - When Hollywood first launched its invasion of comic-book conventions roughly a decade ago, some hard-core comics fans resisted, eyeing the newcomers with a “this town ai...
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Burke's latest novel is a superb crime storyAug 04, 2013 6:00 am - The themes in James Lee Burke's lyrical, allegorical crime novels rarely change, but each new book delves more deeply into them, revealing an author who is increasingly ...
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Book notesAug 04, 2013 5:30 am - Ÿ Ben Winters reads from and signs copies of his book “Countdown City: The Last Policeman Book II” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6, at Anderson’s Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Av...
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'Dogtripping' will make you laugh out loudAug 03, 2013 6:00 am - When was the last time you laughed out loud? When is the last time you cried tears of genuine sadness? When was the last time you did both while reading a 260-page memoi...
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Demand high for new Rowling bookAug 02, 2013 5:30 am - Suburban libraries have long waiting lists